a woman says her attempt to escape domestic t violenceurned into a sexual assault at the hands of police. now a local officer is off the job. the government utdown enters the third week today and the president says the shutdown could las months or even years if he doesn't get money for a border wall andore than 500 days away from casting your next presidential llot, the race to the white house seems to be getting underway in iowa. 'm aaron gilchrist. we're looking at one-half of the weekend forecast. it looks pretty nice. it's not the half of the

forecast today. clouds may linger for most of for a good part of today.ts lauryn ric tracking that system and lauryn, i guess there's a little sunshine. obviously you are the sunshine today. we understand and appreciate that, but there's other stuff coming too. >> a little bit. a little bit. i think we're going to have full blown sunshine tomorrow. that's good news. peeks of sunshine late in the day. the sun goes down at 5:00.av we don't much time to get a few peeks of sunshine. we only have a couple hours. i believe this rain will move out of here and everybody will be dry by about3:00. it's going to move out from the west to the east. and then we'll have a s window to get some sunshine. we've been seeing rain throughout the niovt, and we're continuing to see some rain, drizzle, fog. even if this isn't showing up on radar, we're still seeing a little bit of light shower activity down by the surface. again, we're going to continue with occasional showers throughout the morning. no this areaf low pressure will continue to lift up to the

north, take the rain with it. again, showers as we head through the morning through the early part of the afternoon. isolated showers. 47 right now in d.c. y, side the belt temperatures in the 40s. temperatures headed to around 50 today. we'll talk about timing of the rain and give you an idea of en it'sut of your neighborhood and talk about the warmup. tomorr some road closures for today in your first 4 traffic. >> we have a look at your traffic and the rails and roads for the weekend. on metro orange, red, green, ar silver, regeekend service on those lines. yellowe and bve trains running about every 20 minutes. the roads, caldwell road, we'll see you monday morning for news

4 today. breaking news out of california. three people were kill, four hurt, when someone opened fire at a bowling alley. this happened in torrence,. californ no arrests have been made. this morning a pnce orge's county is off the job accused of sexual assault. the police chief says the ficer responded to a dispute yesterday morning. the womansked for a ride so she could be separated from the man. oeicer drove her to the metro station in his marked cruiser and in uniform. police say the woman later ran from the car and said the county officer touched her inappropriately. the princejorng's county police chief says inappropriate behavior from officers will not be tolerated. >> by virtue of being sp trent, it's my hope to

express to them clearly that yes in anorrganization ofthan 2000 people, there may be misconduct and crimes commted, but those people will be held accountable. >> the chief did not give the officer's name but said he is suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. new video of suspected thieves using a u hall to smash into a cell phone store in southwest d.c. early yesterday morning. after backing the truck into the store, people enter and start inside. items from at one point they have trouble with what appears to be a safe. no arrests have be made. this morning a man is facing charges after a deadly double shooting in clinton. b detectivieve robbery was -ye motive. a r-old sean davis junior was arrested. officers say he gunned down to people. the homeownerays one of the victims was in a car that stopped in front of his house.

you could hear screaming in the video here. we talked to another person who knew one of the victims. she did not want to appear on camera. >> it was this female yelling. he shot him. she sounded like a wounded cat. i'll never forget those cries, that pain. >> polic believe davis planned to rob the victims during a drug deal. >>in fivees after the hour. the partial government shutdown isow in its third week. negotiations will resume at the white house this morning. it's almost guaranteed the alemates will stretch into next week, maybe much longer. >> he said he' keep the government closed for a very long period of time, months or even years. >> absolutely, i said that. >> con dwregressional leaders s time at the white house.an democrats a stopgap deal to open the government. president trump demands that $5 billionor a border wall with.

mexi if democrats won't give it to him, the president says he could go another route. >> we could call a national emergency and build it very quickly, it's another way of doing it. if we can do it through a negotiated process, we're giving that a shot. >> we reck size on the democratic side that we reallca ot resolve this until we open up government. >> vice president mike pence invited congressional staffers to come back to the negotiating ooble this morning at 11:00. here's a at how the shutdown is impacting d.c. residents. the mayor plans to send a bill to the feds for picking up crash. the services are $50,000 a week. the mayor plans to submit emergency lislation so they is issue marriage licenses while the d.c. courts are closed. this is as the vice president and hundreds of presitrnt p's political appointees are about to get a $10,000 the president suggested he may scrap those raises but he did

that.mmit t the shutdown is also affecting tourism. the national zoo is closed indefinitely. there ar a few things youan do if you're in town for a visit. the library of congress and the u.s. po botanical garden is open. for a complete list of activities still available to the public head to the nbc washington app. the u.s. supreme court says it will hear a case involvingti alles that democratic drew district boundaries to benefit their party nddisenfranchise republicans. a lower court found the rights of republican voters were violated. it's on the same day s thete commission met to address this issue for the first time. as mchusetts senator lizabeth warren is wasting no time she made a stop in iowa yesterday. she spoke at aacked

restaurant. she announced her bid for the white house on new year's eve. she said she'll fight for opportunities for all families. the secret service saysma a moved a security barrier on wednesday. he told officers he wanted to eliver two bottles of crown royal to presideump. he also wanted the president's help to find a wife. that's accorng to court documents. he will appear in court next week on a federal trespass charge. much more to come this morning.ba your mother py told you that watching too much tv would hurt your eyes. well, doctors are saying the same thing about kids spending too much time with their tablets d phones. they have the research to back it up. more on that is straight ahead on new4 today.

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can you hear me now? new concerns this morning abo the effects technology is having on children's hearing and vision. consumer reporter susan hogue season working for you withhat you need to know for safer screen time. children who are eightears old are under spend on average two hours and 15 minutes on their tablets and parents we often struggle with how much i too much screen time? consumer reports has guidelines to protect our kids' eyes and ears. >> is this a common scene around house? >> hello. >> this mom is concerned that screen time andeahone use could be using eye and ear damage to her tee.ge daught >> i find myself constantly telling her back off. back off from the phone. give yourself some space. our concern is the effect vision over time. >> eye doctors say they are seeing an increase in conditions such as dry eye and nearsightedness in children.

>> looking at t screen up close can cause the lens of the eye to shift its focus. that can cause the eye wall to lengthen. h new reseaggests blue light might damage the retina over ti. experts agree that children's eyes need regular breaks from tech activities in what's called the 20/20 /20 rule. every 20 minutes look at an ject at least 20 feet away foren -seconds. for hearing, they are concerned the continual use of headphones at unsafe volume levels will cause problems. >> if you can hear the volume when they're listening, it's too loud. >> when it comes to hearing safety, experts suggest the 80/90 rule. you shouldn't listen to music at 80% of the volume of your device

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tracee wilkins took a closer look >> reporr: these cats are like family to mary ann. she helps take care of these cats in upper marlboro, but the cats aren't the only ones waiting for food. l >> it'se the movie of "the birds". >> reporter: there are hundreds of black vultures hanging around this cat colony which borders a mall >> the roof of the kfc probably has b 2ds on top of it. the trees behind you probably carry another 300 birds. the roof of the grocery store probably is another 100 birds. >> the multiplying bird population is getting the wrong kind of attention to some of the businesses here >> a on top of the roof over there. people are scared to death. >> my colleagues over here at the ford dealership no longer eat at kfc because of the birds.

>> reporter: these people -- >> the nutritionomes from dead carcasses on the side of the ad. and also when you have cat colonies and a food source, you're putting cat food out a lot of cats. the vultures come in as well. >> they will sneak up bahe behind me my back is turned >> some are flocking to see it, but not too closely. >> reporteir where the bds are depends on the time of day. i'm told this isn't a quarter of what's normallyhere. on the morning they are all over thatkfc and then make their way back to the woods. these are protected birds, and unless they go into someone's home, there's nothing that can be done about them. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4>. a trap and release cat colonies are protected in prince george's. not all attract vultures.

there may be a combination of things in that particular area that the birds li. makes it hard to one to go there, though. ere was a tweet that i got of the birds sitting on top of the kfc just g.wait >> they're smart. they know food is coming. i'd stay there too. listen, it's going to be a ittle wet for them out there today. >> all day? >> not all day. rain moves out by 3:00. >> oh. that's not all day. >> andt' dark at 5:00. tonight is going to be dry. >> way to spin it. >> youike that? listen, it is going to be a little on the wet side out there today. we have low visibilities and out there. be careful as you make your way out the door this morning. and again, listen, not all during the daylight by 3:00, again, most of this rain will be out of here. but we're dealing witthe drizzle. we're dealing with light showers. til then -- and dealing with the fog this morning. so, again, rain for the first

part of the day. a little breezy this weekend.od not only but also tomorrow. northwest winds are picking up. about 10 tour 20 miles per we are warming up quite a bit. especially by tuesday. wait until y see the temperatures on tuesday. tomorrowmild. average temperature this time of year, low to mid 40s. it's 47 already. when you walk outside you'll notice it's on the more mild o si there this morning. especially compared to yesterday. yesterday was chilly out there. this is more like it. temperatur bit as we go through the sun rise daybreak. but then temperatus come on up to right around 50 degrees today. now, agn, these icons may be overdoing it. we're going to see lighter sh drizzle, mist with the occasional littlehower coming through the area. 51 degrees. again, the winds pick u lightly this afternoon. they'll be with us until about 10:00 tonight. here's the rain right now. you can see our radar is not picking up on the drizzle and the light areas that are falling

closer to the surface. ilbut this system continue to push up toward the north and east,nd move right out of here. actually pushingd up towar the cape cod area. it's going to take this rain with it. the rain is going to rotate through our area. light showers. for weekendtiacti, if you're planning on skiing this morning and resorts to the west, know it's going to be slushy out there. temperatures are going tbe around 50 degrees. higher elevations likely at the 40s. that's warm for skiing. decorations down. i do it on sunday. wait until tomorrow. it will beowry tomo exercise, temperatures above normal. not bad to have a run this esrning. here che rain. a few showers through 9:00. rotating system through our area. lingering showers this afternoon. and it moves right on out of re. everybody will be dry from 3:00 on. and again, this rain ends from the west tstthe looking a lot better as we get into your sunday and actually dryer as get into your sunday. again, temperatures out there for today right around 50

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centers for disease control says the virus is widpread in 24 states including maryland. we explain why doctors expect the cases of flu to continue to rise. >> at new york's medical center a doctor is on the front line of the flu season. wi nati the flu is starting to kick in. it's early january. is that the same thing you're seeing here? >> we have seen an up tick over the last few >> according to cdc this h e the h 1 n 1 strai is responsible for the majority of cases. particularly in those under 40. just last month 26-year-old conservative journalist brie peyton died from it. >> we've already see thousands of hospitalization this is year, and we will expect more. that's what influenza does. >> with last year's flu season one of the deadliest,hecdc recommends everyone six months

and older gets the flu vaccine. >> we're recommending toet the flu vaccine. >> if you get sick there's a new drug. it onlyak one dose. >> and dr. torez will be onepl the p joining us next weekend at the nbc 4 telemundo news 4 health and fitness expo. we'll have free screenings and lots of other things at the washington convention center. hope to free, and we see you there. home improvent chain lowe's is looking to add thfsands employees. they plan to add more than 65,000 associates. they say the goal is to improve customer service and product availability. > if you a a big fan of the tv show "family guy" l you'le this story. the owners of a neighborhood bar in dallas are transforming their bar into the tavern from the tv

sh n. for tht month it's going to be called the drunken clam. it looks nearly identical to where the characters gather. the front sign andec the inside, and with a new look comes new drink specials apparently inspired by the show. the owners promised some family guy surprises for folks who will -- who are like them, big fans to the show. a live look outside.se the white h there under some clouds. and a little bit of rain falling at this early hour. 47 degrees outsi our studios. an update on the forecast and what you can expect through the weekend as news 4 to weekend as news 4 to continues.

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federal government shutdown could last months or even e ars. meanwhilfederal workers and contractors from trying to figureowut to make it through the next few days. pulled police have millions of dollars worth the street and shutdown a massive trafficking operation in one of the city's biggest busts ever. and police called it a death trap. is retch of highway the scene of dozens of deadly crashes over the years. now there's a plan to keep drivers safe on indian head highway. news 4 today starts now. good morning. welcome to news 4 today on this

saturday morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. you can sort of see behind me it's a gloomy pict that's a live image from reagan national. lauryn rickets is here this morning watching the rain just drift through for it seems like hours. it's not done with us yet. >> not done with us yet.ng we're go continue with the rain showers as we go through the morning. and eve a few lingering showers into the early afternoon. everything is out of here by about 3:00. if you need to plan your day, plan for that. if you're wt i-81, probably end of showers around 1:00. i'llhow you that coming up. right now i want to show you the visibili g. it'sng to be hard to maneuver around out there with this low fog out there that we're seeing. the fog conditions we're seeing out there. by hagerstowndend fck county and even lower in some isolated spots. visibility. please, please be careful. regular visibility just on any given day should be about 10 miles.

that's what the readings should be. all right. as far as t radar is concerned, we have a system that's going to continue to rotate through the area. we are going to continue to have periods of showers. linging showers later this afternoon. between some drizzle, some fog, and some mist. it's mild right now. really not too bad. the sun mes up at 7:27. the temperatures roll into the 40s to around 5 for a daytime high today. we have warm temperatures on this 10-day forecast. we'll show you how warm it's going to get around here coming up in a few minutes. lauryn, thank you. the search for a woman has rened after new information came to light about her ea disance. d.c. police have searched tunnels. that's where she and her mother stayed before she vanished almost five years ago. the shelter will be torn downso . the man believed to be responsible for her abduction was in the tunnels.

it is now 15 days, day 15 of the partial government shutdown. today negotiations resume at the white house, but it's almost guaranteed thele ste will stretch into next week. maybe longer. >> heaid he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of me. nths or even years. >> absolutely i said that. >> cgressional leaders spent roughly two hours at the white house yesterday.cr des want a stopgap deal to open the government immediately. president trump remains firm demanding f $5.6 billion that border wall between the u.s. and mexico. if democrats won't give it to him, the president says he could go another route. >> we could call a national emergency and buildt very ther way ofd it's a doing it. we can do it through a negotiated process, we're giving otat a >> we recognize on the democratic side that we really cannot resolve this until we open up government.

>> congressional staffers and white house representatives will be back at the negotiating table today at0. 11 the president's threat to keep the shutdown in place for as long as a year is adding to the financial uncertainty for those 800,000 federal workers going without pay. those employees and contractors are facing the harsh reality of howo pay their mounting bills. cory smith as a closer look at the mental and physical stress this has creating. >> life insurance, car insurance. my cell phone bill. >> reporter: with each passing day, a new bill showsup, but each one brings back an old feeling. a creing depression tha darkened her life a few years ago. >> i really feel the stress and the pressure and the uncertainty, the fears of not long this is going to go, or how much i will suffer due to this situation that i have no control over. >> this is the human toll of the government shutdown.

contractorfederal working security at the smithsonian museum. sheon't get backpay. the bills will come due. that stress is not good for her health mentally or physically which is a challenge if she can't work. >> i won't have money to purchase anymore medication. and i don't play around with my hypertensionon medica that's a real concern. >> kelly says all she can do is pray lawmakers come to a solution. without one, she'll make a choice of keeping the lights o or sacrifice her health. >> if i don't have money to continue to buy my medication, it could be a life and death situation. now, the service employee international union which represents about ed1100al contractors are urging its members to call their congressional representatives and demand they reopen the nt govern the shutdown is also affecting tourism in our area. the smithsonian museums and the

national zoo are closed. there are a f things you can do if you're in town. the libra of congress and th u.s. botanic garden. for a list of activities e available to public, head to the nbc washington app. d.c. police just made one of their largest heroin busts in years. they confiated more than $2.5 million worth of heroin last month. two men were arrested connected to a drug ring. the police chi says the bust took a big supply of drugs and illegal guns off the streets. >> more than 40 kilos of heroin. over 40 pounds of marijuana. six semi automatic handguns. one vehicle. >> the chief says the heroin was laced with fentanyl. he's confident the bust saved lives. video of a fry

tractor-trailer crash that brought traffic to a standstill for hours yesterday morning on the beltway. listen to this. >> oh [ bleep ]. oh [ bleep ]. >> yeah. just imagine being in traffic behind this. this happened on the interloop around 7:00 yesterday morning. just before that crash a witness called 9-1-1 to report the tractor trailer was driving erratically. after the crash sanders another person tried to help the driver. >> the firemen came to bust out the front window. he just walkedout. he walked out of the window or through the front windshield with the cops. >> and that truck driver is expected to be okay. ntghbors call the highway of death because of its dangerous track record. more than 60 people have died ir hes along indian highway in the lt decade. 134 collisions left people

severe injured there. the most recent w tragedyas sunday when three children died hit by a suspected drunk driver. yesterday t leaders say drivers also need to police themselves. >> no amount of enforcement will matter uess the communi accepts its responsibility as well. we have to cnge the behavior of w motorisho travel on this road. >> last year lawmakers in tnapolis changed state law allow one speed camera on indian head highway. this year they plan to push for more. the seemingly perpetual state of construction on d.c. area roads shows no sign of slowing down for the new yearr af the break, news 4 transportation reporter adam breaks down some of thege b project you'll be dealing with in 2019. that's straight ahead on news 4 today.

good news for metro riders. starting today you'll not pay to park there on saturdaysanymore. they've been charging $2 on saturday as part of a pilot program. that program is over. metro won't rule out charging you for parking when big events fall on a saturday like the fourth ofjuly. regular parking applies during the week. major transportation projts will be taking shape in 2019. adam as a look at the biggest impactsou could be facing. >> reporter: all we want for the new year is a better commute, but will we get it? crews are working on fixes, but first the construction. let's start in virginia. along the entire length of i-66 with weather work is ongoing inside and outside the beltway. the disruptive work is outside the beltway with two new toll las being added and this is happening next to free flowing

traffic. >> we wantrives to be aware and take their time when traveling through these areas. >> in maryland tunnels being built, the earth is moving as the purplnu line con to reshape the landscape in montgomery and prince george's inunty. remember, this will continue the bethesda metro station. >> we're sympathetic. we know we're loud. m know we vibrate. we haveor infrastructure to build. >> reporter: in the district you'll soon see a lot of new no right turn on red signs. about 100ntsections in the downtown core of the city will get no right on red signs. sthas designed to increase safety as the city continues to grow. >> we tnk the mayor has finally heard the calls from the publ that we're at a crisis for traffic safety. on the metro lots of construction on tap. post notly stations south of reagan national art are shutdown during the summer to

shut down platforms. the blue and yellow lines, pentagon city and crystal city metro stati closed next weekend for work crews stall new lighting. the work can only be de when th trains are not running. other parts of the yellow line will be on a normal schedule unti 7:00 p.m.oth days. the blue line service will stop at rosalyn. a reminder about traffic changes that went into effect just this week in d.c. they're all designed to help reduce pedestrian fatalities. the fine f passing a vehicle stopped at a crosswalkdoubles. the penalty for blocking a bike lane is up to $150. bicyclists are charged $50 for riding are headphones in both ears and driving more than 30

miles per hour over the speed limit is now a felony offense. there's rain to contend with today. lauryn will tell you hav long lauryn will tell you hav long tu'll he

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morning on "today," the government shutdown enters the third week the president toying with the idea of declaring a national emergency to get the his wall.for as democrats push for the government to get up and runnini again beforeng anything us. also ahead, our countdown to the golden globes and the buzz brewing over who will go home th the coveted trophy. i have a bunch of movies to see. >> me too. >> why tomorrow is apparently the biggest day for online dating. the sixth giving singles hop in search of their soul mate. >> it's like the blackr friday dating. those stories and more when we get started on "today." you'll have to tune in to check out why tomorrow is sh a big day for the singles. >> there has an a lot of shopping on the apps tomorrow. >> gd stuff. back in our headlines this morning, nancyev pelosi has been accused of taking things slowly. that dates back to her days ine collhere the first ever female house speaker was able to

get a taste of washington politics. since retaking the gavel pelosi has had a pretty pked schedule. before heading to the white house to meet with the president on friday, she spent time at one of her old stomping grounds. barbara harrison was there for .he homecomi >> reporter: trinity university's o'connor auditorium was packed with students and alumni here t celebrate one of the college's favorite daughters, nancy pelosi. o msnbc was hand for a town hall just a day after celebratns at the capitol for the swearing in of the 116th congress with the record setting number of women. nancy pelosi came back to campus where she first became familiar with life in washington d.c. >> having nancy pelosi be elected the highe ranking woman ever elected to the united states twice as speaker,orhis is a joy all of us. we so excited, and we're so pleased to welcome her back home to trinity. her yearbook page shows she

ajored in political science at trinity. photos record anarly interest in politics. although a university now, the undergraduate program retainse original status as a four-year liberal arts college for women. >> it's changed a lot. it's still great trinity. >> why do you suppose so many women are still choosing to go to all women's colleges? >> ifanything, women's colleges are more important than ever. in this age of the #metoo movement and women feeling like they still can't get elected to high office except for nancy pelosi, women need the support and leadership tra women's colleges provide. >> reporter: another well known trinity alum, former governor of kansas, and later u.s. secretary of health and human services in the obama administration was also present supporting women in leadership roles. >> a lot of the nuns here were accidental feminists. you were taught early on that you coul do anything.

>> reporter: many of the women here at this msnbc town hall taping with nanil pelosibe graduating at a mid year event later today. it's a transitiona time for them. and some say for women in general. >>ially in politics, it is very transitional. i see that a lot of women currently are a speaking outut their rights. >> the speaker has a lot of concentration on hee people who need it the most, the people at the bottom. >> such a strongessage to these women, many of whom are going to be graduating this afternoon as well. this is a great kickoff for them in theirs. care >> that town hall aired last night on msnbc with joy reed. she called president trump irresponsible for his handling of thet partial governm shutdown. i want to turn to lauryn rickets to talk about this forecast. you mentioned the fact it's not awful outside. temperatures, we're in a comfortable place. >>yeah. >> there's just that annoying rain. >> and i know you haven't been here on the weekends, but i alwaysat rains onday it

seems like. >> it's your fault? >> i'm not saying. i'm i'll be blamed for it. listen, it seems like every saturday in 2018 it was raining or doing something. and now we're in 2019. same old same old. i thought maybe we'd get ut sunshine,e can't get that until tomorrow. maybe a few peeks lat this afternoon. for the most part we have cloudy conditions and foggy conditions. it is a little othe drizzly side out there as well. again, will it rain all day?no by 3:00 we'll all be dry. this system pushes north and east. we are looking at dry conditions, but again, it's going to take a little bit for the rain to actually move on out of here. as far as what we're talking about for the rain totals, maybe about a quarter of an inch of rain ispossible. but that's about it. any rain on sunday? no, we're going to be dry. that's it. we've going to ben dry sunday. thank goodness. plenty of sunshine. a little breeze. do we wm up? yes. tomorrow and again on tuesday. these temperatures are going to

be morespring-like. any snow in the forecast? a lot of people asking me th not yet. if we need to see some snow, there could be few snow showers next weekend. however, that's next weekend. i didn't even put it in the forecast. i am seeing it in some of the models. they look light. as far as widespread rain for s today, thaappening out there right now. we'll be dry on sunday. a few passing showers late monday night into tuesday. dry out there wednesday. visibility down. once we get the rain, we get the fog. that's what we're seeing early on this saturday morning. this system continues to rotate upough the area as it lifts toward the massachusetts and cape cod areas. area of low pressure will move up toward cape cod bringing this rain with it. we'll continue to see occasional showers. eve an few light showers early this afternoon as the system pulls away. as the system pulls away, we're going to have a little breezy conditions. the winds pick up after lunchtime. out 10 to 20 miles per hour today. tomorrow they'll be around 1

degrees. a little breeze in the air for tomorrow. we jump to wednesday. wednesday is windy with gusts up to about 25 miles per hour. here's the rain. you can see occasional showers through the morning. expect that through about lunchtime. then it's going to end from the west to the jueast. a few lingering showers early this afternoon by 3:00 all of us are dry. and we rapidly clear out. clear skies overnight. that why i think we could have late day sunshine. overnight tonight and into sund morning, plenty of sun. temperatures out there right now, we're in the 30s and 40s out there over the next 12 hours. we're looking at the drizzle and fog. showers around before they lift out by the early afternoon. winds pick up. tomorrow, betiful, all 50s. and a little bit of a wind. passing showers late monday ght intoarly tuesday. look at that temperature on tuesday. oh, yeah, in the low 60s. breezy to windy into wednesday and thursdaye maybe a cha of rain and snow maybe a cha of rain and snow aded through nexthe

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